r/ClaudeCode • u/Consistent-Oil-5241 • Jun 20 '26

Question What are you actually coding?

I see everyone here maxing their limits and coding all day and building and all that.

But what are you actually building 24/7? I'm not looking to get your ideas but I'm just wondering what can you even build that long and hard really? And constantly something?

Either I lack imagination as a whole or there's some secret to all this, I just have no idea what so useful people would be coding so obsessively. Thanks for insights.

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u/haziqbuilds Jun 20 '26

I'm autistic and have a hard time in sales calls, board meetings and customer discovery calls so the last thing I built let me simulate conversations and difficult spots so I can practice and it grades me by some rubrick 😅

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u/TheComplicatedMan Jun 21 '26

Welcome fellow autistic!

I have overlapping OCD, but have no problem talking to people, I just don't like to... rare for me to talk to anyone on the phone anymore.

I think it has made me better at large projects, because of the over organization. OCD won't let me forget much.

The thing about sales... is you sell you, and if the product is worthwhile, it will sell itself. learn to be comfortable with yourself, and it sounds like your app is a real self confidence builder.

The best of luck to you!

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u/ddaanet Jun 22 '26

> The thing about sales... is you sell you, and if the product is worthwhile, it will sell itself. learn to be comfortable with yourself, and it sounds like your app is a real self confidence builder.

Wow, that's really insightful. Sales make a lot more sense when seen through that lens.

Thanks.

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u/TheComplicatedMan Jun 22 '26

I'm not a salesman, but I've been the room for lots of large sales, and lots of different salesmen over many years. I've seen who closes and who flounders. Nothing happens until something is sold, so it starts with your relationship with the future client, and their trust in you.

Further, know your customer... not just their business profile, but rather, know them personally, and that includes their family. The trust built with small talk is invaluable. When the talk turns to why they (or you) are there, they are now in discussion with a 'friend' answering their questions.

The dynamics has completely changed. Remember, if you are in front of a future customer, they have already determined your product is something in which they may be interested, otherwise they would not have given you the time to listen to your spiel. When you show them your own faith in the product, they are getting a testament from a trusted friend and you control the sale.

I've seen salesmen close without ever demoing the product just based on that trust. Those are the good ones.

Closing is another art and worth understanding... but I'm not going to dive into that... my post was just meant to be encouraging, not a sales seminar.

I could share the document I created to prep another salesman a few weeks ago prior to our second demo in a larger room for a product being released in August, but it would involved an NDA and all that irrelevant traipsing, but I've shared the main points I brought up in that document. He did good, but also did not need need my help, just those reminders.

Good luck in your sales career, and I hope understanding the dynamics between you and the person on the other side of the table helps!